Tour of Slovakia: Paul Magnier doubles up with stage 2 sprint win
Frenchman beats Lukaš Kubiš and Milan Menten to the line in Košice
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Paul Magnier (Soudal-QuickStep) took his second win in two days on stage 2 of the Tour of Slovakia, once again proving the quickest finisher in a concluding bunch sprint at the race.
The Frenchman beat out Lukaš Kubiš (Unibet Tietema Rockets) and Milan Menten (Lotto) to the line in Košice after his Soudal-QuickStep teammates provided the final lead-out.
The mass sprint finish came at the end of the 169.4km stage from Svidnik, with late attackers Paul Double (Jayco-AlUla) and Bart Lemmen (Visma-Lease A Bike) caught 16km from the finish line.
Article continues belowMagnier's win, his eighth of the season, sees him extend his overall lead after two stages of the five-day race. He leads Kubiš by eight seconds, while Menten lies third overall at 16 seconds down.
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Dani Ostanek is Senior News Writer at Cyclingnews, having joined in 2017 as a freelance contributor, later being hired full-time. Her favourite races include Strade Bianche, the Tour de France Femmes, Paris-Roubaix, and Tro-Bro Léon.
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